Archaeologists traditionally make new discoveries by digging in ancient ruins, but tomorrow's Indiana Jones is just as likely to be mining cyberspace.
Academics in arts and humanities disciplines are building on IT developments such as linked open data and uniform resource identifiers to put a huge range of disparate resources within easy reach.
Dr Elton Barker, Open University Lecturer in Classical Studies, describes here how the linked ancient geodata project PELAGIOS is painting a richer picture of the ancient world. Watch this presentation. (The introduction is in German, English begins 3 minutes into the video).
Elton Barker also works on Google Ancient Places.
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Archaeologists traditionally make new discoveries by digging in ancient ruins, but tomorrow's Indiana Jones is just as likely to be mining cyberspace.
Academics in arts and humanities disciplines are building on IT developments such as linked open data and uniform resource identifiers to put a huge range of disparate resources within easy reach.
Dr Elton Barker, Open ...
